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  • It is 131 years today since Dorothy L. Sayers was born.

    English writer and translator, born in Oxford as the only child of Henry Sayers, rector of Christchurch Cathedral Choir School, and his wife Helen Leigh Sayers. When Dorothy L. (Leigh) Sayers was four years old, the family moved to Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire where the father was appointed pastor. The parents had cultural and linguistic interests, and regularly travelled with their daughter to...

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Portrait of Carol O'Connell

O'Connell, Carol
1947 -

Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "...

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Portrait image of Ruth Lillegraven

Lillegraven, Ruth
1978 -

Norwegian poet, novelist and author of books for children, Ruth Lillegraven was born in Granvin in Hardanger, and grew up...

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Portrait image of W. Somerset Maugham

Maugham, W. Somerset
1874 - 1965

William Somerset Maugham was a British author born in Paris. His father was a lawyer at the British Embassy there. When...

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Portrait of Kathy Reichs

Reichs, Kathy
1948 -

Kathleen Joan Reichs, better known as Kathy Reichs, is a prominent anthropologist and professor at the Department of...

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